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APPLICATION NO. 


FILING DATE 


FIRST NAMED INVENTOR 


ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. 


CONFIRMATION NO. 


09/725,849 


11/30/2000 


Jong Jin Park 


2658-0252? 


8778 



2292 7590 03/25/2004 

BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH 
PO BOX 747 

FALLS CHURCH, VA 22040-0747 



EXAMINER 



AWAD, AMR A 



ART UNIT 



PAPER NUMBER 



2675 

DATE MAILED: 03/25/2004 



Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding. 



PTO-90C (Rev. 10/03) 



Advisory Action 



Application No. 

09/725,849 



Examiner 

Amr Awad 



Applicant(s) 

PARK ET AL. 



Art Unit 

2675 



-The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address 

THE REPLY FILED 16 March 2004 FAILS TO PLACE THIS APPLICATION IN CONDITION FOR ALLOWANCE. 
Therefore, further action by the applicant is required to avoid abandonment of this application. A proper reply to a 
final rejection under 37 CFR 1 . 1 1 3 may only be either: (1 ) a timely filed amendment which places the application in 
condition for allowance; (2) a timely filed Notice of Appeal (with appeal fee); or (3) a timely filed Request for Continued 
Examination (RCE) in compliance with 37 CFR 1,114. 

PERIOD FOR REPLY [check either a) or b)] 

a) S The period for reply expires 3_months from the mailing date of the final rejection. 

b) n The period for reply expires on: (1) the mailing date of this Advisory Action, or (2) the date set forth in the final rejection, whichever is later. In 

no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of the final rejection. 

ONLY CHECK THIS BOX WHEN THE FIRST REPLY WAS FILED WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF THE FINAL REJECTION. See MPEP 

706.07(f). 

Extensions of time may be obtained under 37 CFR 1.136(a). The date on which the petition under 37 CFR 1.136(a) and the appropriate extension 
fee have been filed is the date for purposes of determining the period of extension and the coresponding amount of the fee. The appropriate extension 
fee under 37 CFR 1.17(a) is calculated from: (1) the expiration date of the shortened statutory period for reply originally set in the final Office action; or 
(2) as set forth in (b) above, if checked. Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of the final rejection, even if 
timely filed, may reduce any earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b). 

1 .□ A Notice of Appeal was filed on . Appellant's Brief must be filed within the period set forth in 

37 CFR 1 .192(a), or any extension thereof (37 CFR 1 .191(d)), to avoid dismissal of the appeal. 

20 The proposed amendment(s) will not be entered because: 

(a) □ they raise new issues that would require further consideration and/or search (see NOTE below); 

(b) □ they raise the issue of new matter (see Note below); 

(c) □ they are not deemed to place the application in better form for appeal by materially reducing or simplifying the 

issues for appeal; and/or 

(d) □ they present additional claims without canceling a corresponding number of finally rejected claims. 

NOTE: . 

3.n Applicant's reply has overcome the following rejection(s): . 



4. n Newly proposed or amended claim(s) would be allowable if submitted in a separate, timely filed amendment 

canceling the non-allowable claim(s). 

5. ^ The a)n affidavit, b)n exhibit, or c)S request for reconsideration has been considered but does NOT place the 

application in condition for allowance because: See Continuation Sheet . 

6. n The affidavit or exhibit will NOT be considered because it is not directed SOLELY to issues which were newly 

raised by the Examiner in the final rejection. 

7. ^ For purposes of Appeal, the proposed amendment(s) a)n will not be entered or b)^ will be entered and an 

explanation of how the new or amended claims would be rejected is provided below or appended. 

The status of the claim(s) is (or will be) as follows: 
Claim(s) allowed: 9 and 10 , 

Claim(s) objected to: . 

Claim(s) rejected: 1-8. 11-14.16.18,20-21 , 
Claim(s) withdrawn from consideration: . 



8. n The drawing correction filed on is a)n approved or b)n disapproved by the Examiner. 

9. n Note the attached Information Disclosure Statement(s)( PTO-1449) Paper No(s). . 

10. D Other: 



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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
PTOL-303 (Rev. 11-03) 



Advisory Action 



Part of Paper No. 9 



Gont^u^ion Sheet (PTOL-303) 



Application No. 09/725,849 



Continuation of 5. does NOT place the application in condition for allowance because: Applicant's argument is not persuasive. Applicant 
argued that Takahashi discloses applying a first selecting voltage in a predetermined period of the first horizontal period in a 
predetermined period of the first horizontal period in one frame and applying a second selecting voltage in the second half of the first 
horizontal period in next frame, which is different from the claimed limitation of applying a second signal during an ending of the same 
frame. Examiner respectfully disagrees. It is clear from figures 8A-8D that the reference shows the two signal within the same frame. 



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